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What Is Metastasis and at What Stage During the Devolopment of Lung Cancer Would It Start to Occur?

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Is metastasis when the cancer spreads from the lungs to other parts of the body maybe? Would it maybe occur when the cancer reaches the aveoli and can pass through the blood stream?

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oncogenomics May 19, 2009 at 7:13 pm

Metastasis is the spread of cancer from the original location. By definition of each stage of cancer, metastatis is criteria for stage 3 and up cancer. Spread to another organ is clearly metastatis.

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